Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
[I]’ve been in need of some good old fashioned, hip-shakin’ rock n’ roll to shake off all that New England snow, and now that spring is almost here I can’t think of a better album to welcome back the season than Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside’s
Akron/Family
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFBzC34kOp4[/youtube] [T]he second single off of Akron/Family’s upcoming Sub Verses, “Until the Morning,” is a shimmering psych-folk track that seems to be pushing the band in a more lyrically focused direction. “Until the Morning,” is an emotionally driven, moody
Brainstorm
[B]RAINSTORM’s new single “She Moves” released today, via Tender Loving Empire. The single is a dream-pop / scuzzed out tune, that screams experimental pop from beginning to end. It’s awful hard to define a tune like this, but something about it grabbed me pretty quickly. Whether its the
John Denver
[M]y Morning Jacket released a cover of John Denver’s “Leaving on a Jet Plane,” yesterday on NPR, as part of a tribute to the late songwriter on “The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver.” It’s a wonderful cover of one of the most iconic folk
Matt Mays
Matt Mays – Take It On Faith [M]att Mays just recently announced he’ll be joining The Gaslight Anthem on their west coast leg oftheir tour starting in mid April. This will coincide quite well with his April 2nd release of his latest studio album, Coyote, which will finally be
Fossil Collective
[L]eeds duo Fossil Collective released 2 fantastic EPs in 2012 and have just finished their debut full-length album titled Tell Where I Lie, due out April 8th on Dirty Hit. We were just sent the track “Under My Arrest” and I simply had to share this song with you
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Photo by Carrie Johnston [W]ell-behaved punk-rockers are a sort of oxymoron, but maybe a punk fan over the age of thirty would appreciate the balance. Mrs. Magician’s thoroughly catchy debut album, “Strange Heaven,” leaves the impression of some misbehaved punk kids stretching out the legacy of their pop-punk
k.s. rhoads
[N]ashville ain’t just country anymore, there’s some awful cool music coming out of the music city these days, enter k.s. Rhoads, a seriously talented guy. He’s a songwriter, a performer, a producer, and even a composer. He’s about to release his sophomore album, The
The Duke of Norfolk
[T]ulsa, Oklahoma native Adam Howard records under the pen name the Duke of Norfolk, and has recently released an EP Le Monde Tourne Toujours, (translated, the world is still running) a wonderful 5 track EP full of multi-layered folk music that puts on display his ability to craft music
The Fort Frances
[C]hicago band Fort Frances has been a regular feature here on Music Savage, their folk-rock sensibility and songwriting always touches a nerve with us, and this one hit us once again. A song written as fall hits, and with the impending doom of the winter, songwriter found solace and
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper
[M]aine native Aly Spaltro’s latest release as her alter-ego Lady Lamb the Beekeeper is titled Ripely Pine (out on Ba Da Bing Records) and it is a knock-out album from start to finish. Encompassing the energy of her live shows into a recorded offering might have been a
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[A]s Kevin Devine and Andy Hull talk about name-checking P.T. Anderson’s film “The Master” for a crowd in Santa Barbra as example of poor stage banter, you get the sense that these guys absolutely love playing music together. Bad Books is an exercise of exuberant friendship and